The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction 0195393082, 9780195393088

On Easter Sunday, 1873, in the tiny hamlet of Colfax, Louisiana, more than 150 members of an all-black Republican militi

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The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction
0195393082, 9780195393088

Introduction: On Bones and Their Markers; Chapter 1 Alabama Fever; Chapter 2 The Philosopher; Chapter 3 The Fall; Chapte

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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; THE FACTS; CHAPTER ONE : DYING BY THE SWOR

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They were virtuous, honest and brave, and the finest qualities of humanity were found united in them; to wit, magnanimit

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